[With] fairy tales bemused the shepherd lies.
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Bemuse
Synonyms for "bemuse" (33 found)
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3 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- обърквам verb (to confuse or bewilder)
- слисвам verb (to confuse or bewilder)
- смайвам verb (to confuse or bewilder)
Catalan
2 entries- desconcertar verb (to confuse or bewilder)
- destarotar verb (to confuse or bewilder)
Czech
3 entries- poplést verb (to confuse or bewilder)
- vyvést z míry verb (to confuse or bewilder)
- zmást verb (to confuse or bewilder)
Dutch
3 entries- in de war brengen verb (to confuse or bewilder)
- verbijsteren verb (to confuse or bewilder)
- verwarren verb (to confuse or bewilder)
Finnish
3 entries- häkellyttää verb (to confuse or bewilder)
- hämmentää verb (to confuse or bewilder)
- saattaa ymmälle verb (to confuse or bewilder)
French
2 entries- déconcerter verb (to confuse or bewilder)
- stupéfier verb (to confuse or bewilder)
German
4 entries- irritieren verb (to confuse or bewilder)
- nachdenklich stimmen verb (to confuse or bewilder)
- verblüffen verb (to confuse or bewilder)
- verwirren verb (to confuse or bewilder)
Italian
1 entries- confondere verb (to confuse or bewilder)
Polish
2 entries- speszyć verb (to confuse or bewilder)
- zdeprymować verb (to confuse or bewilder)
Portuguese
1 entries- confuso verb (to confuse or bewilder)
Russian
3 entries- ошеломлять verb (to confuse or bewilder)
- поража́ть verb (to confuse or bewilder)
- смуща́ть verb (to confuse or bewilder)
Spanish
1 entries- desconcertar verb (to confuse or bewilder)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
the bad metaphysics with which they bemuse themselves
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With regard to definition-writing students, as a result of having spent years padding out written assignments in order to meet word-length requirements, were somewhat bemused to be told that fewer words were better than a long, wordy definition.
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When those incorrigible things, Poets, are once irrecoverably Be-mus'd
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